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Codemasters founders honoured by Queen

The two brothers, David and Richard Darling who co-founded Codemasters in 1986 are to receive a Commanders of the Order of the British Empire (CBE). The prestigious award will be given by the Queen in honour of Codemasters success and the brothers contribution to the British gaming industry.

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hades076542d ago

After all of the hard work and dedication they deserve it, hell they deserve it just for their quality work on racing games.

Freayr6542d ago

Well thats nice to hear. Although she has next to no political power anymore, she still has a lot of influence, and this can only mean good things.

Picnico6542d ago (Edited 6542d ago )

This day has been a long time coming. The Dizzy series in particular was a favourite of mine. They also made a Dizzy-like character, now seemingly forgotten by most people, called 'Seymour'- there's a relatively long article about him on Wikipedia actually- I remember liking 'Seymour at the movies/Seymour goes to Hollywood'. though finding it tough: http://en.wikipedia.org/wik...
They made some other platform games too like Super Robin Hood.
They also made all kinds of sports simulations and a fruit machine simulator.

I loved Micro Machines too, which featured on some 16 bit machines but, since Codemasters became primarily known for the Colin McRae series, which is not one of my favourote genres, I missed the likes of their 8 bit output. I'm glad to see that they are now doing some Wii titles that sound suitably fun and quirky- it would be the perfect time and place for another Dizzy game.

How's about honouring the creative people at other British studios past and present: bedroom coder Matthew Smith (for Manic Miner and Jet Set Willy), Rare, Ocean, The Bitmap Brothers, Gremlin Graphics, Graftgold, Millenium Interactive, DMA Design, Psygnosis, Virgin Interactive, Sensible Software, Travellers Tales, Thalamus, Core Design and, alright, Rockstar I suppose.

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FuRyu teases new game ‘Project Alice’ to be announced on April 25

FuRuy has opened a Twitter account called “Project Alice” teasing a new game announcement on April 25 at 20:30 JST.

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How the DMCA Laws Put Indie Developers at Risk

Filing a false DMCA claim costs nothing, requires no proof, and can destroy an indie game's launch in minutes. Fighting back can cost tens of thousands of dollars and take weeks (if you can afford it at all).

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z2g87d ago (Edited 87d ago )

Copyright is copyright. DMCA is a good thing that protects creators IP., revenue and usage. and you can absolutely appeal a wrongful DMCA takedown. It’s happened to me. Was easily resolved.

VGMM87d ago

....I don't feel like you read the article, at all.

Seraphim87d ago

it's a good thing, but it's also long been reported, across a variety of industries and websites, that currently the system is ripe for and full of abuses. From fair use strikes, to matters like the one reported in this article. It's clear the law needs some tooth to punish bad actors and that parameters need to be set in how reports are filed; ie human review of said content and not some AI bot false flagging stuff. As is the system is far to easily abused by those who have motive to suppress and flag content they have no business or right to.

Commentby87d ago

No system will ever be perfect, but there needs to be a review, unless it blatant.

Nevers0ft86d ago

Until there's genuine consequences for this type of abuse, it'll keep happening across all media. DMCA is in principle a good thing, but it needs an overhaul.

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Ubisoft Acquires March of Giants From Amazon

The Montreal-based team behind March of Giants joins Ubisoft to continue development on the free-to-play 4v4 MOBA game where players take on the role of giant combatants.

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